EMQ articles
Evangelical Missions Quarterly, from 1964 to the current issue. Page 25 of 160 · 3,822 in all.
Members onlyLeadership Legacies: Why Character Trumps All
Whatever else one may say about Paul’s logic, he makes it clear that all the credit and glory for his work belongs to God. Every person in ministry would humbly acknowledge the same truth. And yet, how often do we seek to position ourselves so that when the report, article, or book is written, we will receive…
Members onlyThe Religious Pluralization of America: Implications for Preaching, Teaching, Writing, and Reading
A 2015 published Pew study on America’s changing religious landscape spanning from 2007 to 2013 indicates that the Christian population in the U.S. is shrinking from 78.4% to 70.6%, a 7.8% decline. This is in contrast with the world religions category, which saw an increase from 4.7% to 5.9%, a growth of 1.2%.
Members onlyTransnational Adoption: A Noble Cause? Female Missionaries as Pioneers of Transnational Adoption, 1945-1965
All theology is based on autobiography. All theology has its unique color and context, and so does my missiology. My missional focus for this article is transnational adoption in the larger context of the ministry of compassion.
Members onlyThe LAUNCH Survey: Helpful and Hindering Factors for Launching into Long-term Missions
A few years ago the founder of our training program said , “We have a lot of people who come to us with a desire to serve God internationally, but not all end up overseas. How can we help people get to the mission field? What things are helpful? What things hinder? How can we help address these issues?” These simple…
Members onlyPaul’s Seven Missionary Journeys with Seven Implications
Not everything in our Bibles is inspired. The words certainly are, but the chapters, verses, footnotes, references, and maps are not. This is particularly true when it comes to Paul’s missionary journeys.
Preaching the Word in Season and Out: The Portrayal of Missionaries in Contemporary Fiction
The Christian religion has been developed mainly from scriptural sources—the writings that form the Bible. Secondary sources have included such works as the Nicene Creed, the Chalcedonian Formula , the Catechism of the Catholic Church , and the Westminster Confession of Fait h.
Members onlyThe Culturally Intelligent Mission Organization: Five Factors to Evaluate
The phenomenon of globalization is impacting all sectors of society, and mission agencies are no exception. Of course, mission agencies have always been concerned with culture—we have been talking about cross-cultural communication and strategies for reaching out across cultures for as long as we’ve existed
Fruitful Near-culture Church Planters: A Qualitative Study
It is a fundamental principle of church-planting movements that workers for the harvest are in the harvest (Garrison 2004, 172; Cole 2005, 149). We have the privilege of living in a time when more and more missionaries are emerging from the harvest itself.
Members onlyPiercing the Purdah: Empowering Women for Active Engagement in Christian Mission through Enterpreneurship
While women continue to sacrifice immensely for God’s mission, they are victims of sexism and marginalization.
Members onlyReflections on Latin American Member Care
It is recognized that the member care movement in Latin America started around the 1999-2000s (O’Donnell 2011). In this article, I would like to introduce the idea that, symbolically, we could say that as a movement, Latin member care workers are in an adolescent stage. We have a lot of passion, but we are not well…
The Use of Pictures in Oral Bible Storying
I was always the kid who avoided art class at any cost. Who would have guessed that now I would be known as the “Picture Drawing Lady?”
Members onlyOrality in North America: Keys to Gospel Advance
A woman in the small group that I led couldn’t wait to tell her hyperactive four-year-old nephew about Samson’s strength. She had just learned the Bible story and began telling it before she remembered the ending. Her nephew was just recovering from a very serious eye injury, but the woman skidded right into the…
Members onlyGod’s Transforming Story: How the Metanarrative of Scripture Can Change Lives
W e all love a good story. In 2012, moviegoers worldwide spent the equivalent of US$62.4 billion at the box office. Something happens when a story is told. Stories move us emotionally and move us into action. There is power in a good story, and in the wake of post-modernism the power of storytelling is needed today…
Members onlyThe Role of Storytelling in Effective Leadership
One of the engaging features of the Global Leadership Summit lies in the ability of a diverse group of speakers to tell stories that capture the audience’s attention, convey the speakers’ understanding of their subject, and build rapport with audience members.
Chaos at Tahirir Square
C haos reigned at Cairo’s Tahirir Square first in January 2011 against President Mubarak then again on January 25, 2013, when demonstrators took to the streets demanding the government step down. Confronting them were those supporting the Muslim Brotherhood believing that Mr. Morsi had been elected democratically and…
Current Political and Missions Landscape in India: A Missiological Appraisal for Future Missions
It is obvious that the present contexts in India are different from that of a century, or even a few decades, ago. Despite the increasing magnitude of voluminous challenges, God’s mission continues to penetrate. The praxis of mission requires intelligent discernment of the signs of the times and a faithful reading of…
Church-planting Catalysts for Gospel Movements
M any pastors and missionaries are crossing the globe , teaching, encouraging, and resourcing with good intentions, but questionable effectiveness. Other church-planting catalysts, especially those who work within a denominational framework, manage systems like assessment, church-planter boot camp, financial support…
Members onlyIntroducing Post-postmodern Missiology
I n this article, I want to give a brief introduction to post-postmodern missiology by answering two questions: Why do we need a post-postmodern missiology? and What is it?
African-Americans, Missions, and a Chinese Teenager
A frican-American Christians have a significant role in the global spread of the gospel for many reasons. One unique contribution was clearly illustrated as I was leading a few seminary students on a trip to a Southeast Asian country where I had previously lived. While we were there, I witnessed one of my students…
Members onlyFrom National School to U.S. College
In this article, I will focus specifically on seven issues that are important to address in the transition to tertiary education in the United States. I focus on the U.S. because the students in the research used for this article studied in the U.S. 1 Workers from other home countries may be able to apply these…
Adaptive Ad-Lib: Developing Disciples through Mozambican Music
W hy don’t you share some Christian songs in your language with me?” I asked some musicians on our way home from a worship event. As an ethnodoxologist, I thought the lack of enthusiasm during the event was due to the use of foreign songs. I naively assumed my friends would be thrilled to sing in their heart language.
Members onlyThe State of the American Church: When Numbers Point to a New Reality
The polls are in and the news is bad for the Church in America. Christianity is on the decline, Americans have given up on God, and the “Nones”—those who have no religious ties—are on the rise. It is indeed true that parts of the Christian Church in America are struggling, while a growing number of Americans are far…
Members onlyCommon Sense, Common Ground, and a Common Fallacy
by Gary Corwin Recent events have raised the public profile of a question as old as Islam: “Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God?”…
Members onlyThe Future of the Orality Movement and the International Orality Network
A STORYTELLING EVENT IS HAPPENING. The news of it has been shared from person to person and interest has multiplied. Now a crowd has gathered outside the shelter where the stories will be told.